Matt Frank draws and co-writes ‘Godzilla: Legends’ No. 1

Like a mad man-in-suit stomping through cardboard cityscapes, Matt Frank will not be contained. The Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters cover artist and San Antonio native adds interior art and co-writing to his kaiju comic skills with IDW’s Godzilla: Legends No. 1, which hits Nov. 23.

The first issue of Legends features spiky runt Anguirus take on the unholy, applicably-named Destoroyah. It’s a lot like a giant armadillo throwing rocks at Cthulhu, but my money’s still on the little guy.

Each Legends ish features a standalone tale with a Godzilla monster of old. And from what Frank told me at last weekend’s Women of Wonder Day at H&F, he really wants to ride this crazy Godzilla train for as long as he can and hopes the Legends one-shot gig leads to more sequential art work.

Frank had some of his Legends pages on hand, plus a final sketch-cover copy of the comic, and his panels absolutely popped like Howard Chaykin art with a manga vibe. Fun stuff.